Aviation news

The Russian advanced aviation complex of transport aviation (PAK TA), which should replace the An-124 Ruslan aircraft of Ukrainian production, is necessary for the transportation, in particular, of armored vehicles created on the Armata platform, self-propelled artillery guns, rocket launchers, multiple launch rocket systems, Sprut-SD anti-tank combat vehicles and MiG-31BM interceptor fighters, writes the Military-Industrial Courier.

Since the beginning of 2021, the alliance's aviation has performed more than 560 flights over the sea, Nikolai Gostev noted

This year, the NATO reconnaissance aircraft has almost tripled the intensity of flights in the airspace over the Black Sea. This was stated on Thursday in an interview with the newspaper "Military Bulletin of the South of Russia" by the commander of the 4th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Southern Military District (SE) Nikolai Gostev.

Over the past two or three days, the United States Air Force has carried out several air strikes on the positions of the banned Taliban group (banned in the Russian Federation), which are located on the territory of Afghanistan. This was announced on Tuesday, August 11, by the official representative of the US Department of Defense, John Kirby.

The volume of Russia's secret exports increased by 61% in January—June 2021, to $27 billion. Exports of defense industry, aircraft and shipbuilding products increased by 31%, to $4.7 billion, Vedomosti reports. The largest importer of these products was the Czech Republic, which was included in the list of countries unfriendly to Russia.

The US Air Force has carried out several air strikes on the positions of the radical Taliban movement (banned in the Russian Federation) over the past 24-48 hours and will continue to provide air support to the Afghan security forces at least until August 31.

The training and equipment of the intelligence units of the Russian army, shown during exercises with the army of Uzbekistan at the Termez training ground near the border with Afghanistan, surprised journalists.

The columnist of the Popular Mechanics publication was amazed at the readiness of the special forces of the two countries to overcome any obstacles, including passing through "rings of fire" on the obstacle course. Moreover, such exercises are not practiced in the NATO armed forces.

On August 9, the Austrian company Schiebel Aircraft announced the completion of a demonstration conducted jointly with Arete Associates to the US Navy command of the capabilities of the S-100 Kamkopter helicopter type UAV developed by it.

The American fifth-generation fighter F-22 Raptor made an emergency landing at the Pearl Harbor-Hickam base (Hawaii). The corresponding video was published on Instagram by the user hnlramper.

Indonesia will not decide on the choice of new fighters in any way. August 11, portal defenseworld.net He announced that Indonesia is returning its engineers to the headquarters of the KAI company to continue work on the promising KF-21 aircraft.

The MAI-411 aircraft assembled in Dagestan made its first flight to the mountainous region of the republic. In the future, MAI-411 is planned to be used to deliver tourists to the high-altitude area. It takes six hours to get there by car.

The American company General Atomics has tested the Avenger jet attack unmanned aerial vehicle with the Legion Pod infrared search and tracking system. With its help, the Avenger autonomously tracked and escorted several targets.

The US Army has signed a contract with re2 Robotics to develop a robotic arm for refueling AH-64 Apache attack helicopters in combat. The robot arm will autonomously bring the refueling gun to the filler neck of the tank and independently determine when the helicopter has received enough fuel.

During this exercise, for the first time, military repairs of aircraft will be carried out by means of mobile technical and operational units with the involvement of repair crews of defense industry enterprises, including on the airfield section of the road.

The Russian Air Force will hold a large-scale exercise in the Western Military District at the end of August with the involvement of more than 450 aircraft and helicopters, said the commander of the Air Force - Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces, Lieutenant General Sergei Dronov.

The Russian Helicopters holding company (part of the Rostec Corporation) will transfer two more new Mi-38 helicopters to the Ministry of Defense by the end of 2022, the company's CEO Andrey Boginsky told RIA Novosti.

Arsenyev Aviation Company "Progress" named after N. I. Sazykin of the Russian Helicopters holding is ready to send a batch of Ka-52 Alligator combat reconnaissance and attack helicopters to the troops. This was told by the acting managing director of the company Andrey Semenov within the framework of a Single day of acceptance of military products, the press service of the enterprise reports.

The Defense Procurement Agency of the Norwegian Ministry of Defense (DMA) on its Facebook page published a message about the start of flight tests of the first of five P-8A Poseidon BPA aircraft ordered for the Norwegian Air Force.

The Ministry of Defense of Ghana intends to purchase six L-39NG jets from the Czech company Aero Vodochody under a contract that will be accompanied by a loan agreement.

During the exercises, the military will focus on improving the coherence of the control bodies and military units of the anti-aircraft missile forces

The Armed Forces of Belarus have launched operational and tactical air defense exercises with live firing, the second stage of which will be held jointly with the Russian military at a training ground in the Russian Federation. This was announced on Wednesday by the Belarusian Ministry of Defense in its Telegram channel.

The reason for the crash of the Russian Su-35S fighter was a "banal mess", writes the Baza publication in Telegram. According to Baza, the flight director took the false thermal targets firing back for the fire, which were triggered due to radiation from equipment on the airfield.